Ice-creeper



(No Model.)

J. J. TEMPLE.

ICE GREEPER. v No. 298,517. Patented May 13. 1884.

N. PETERS, FhoiwLiihngnpMr. Waahlnghn. RC.

. NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

JOHN J. TEMPLE, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

lCE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,517, dated May 13, 1884.

' Application filed January 12, 1884. (No model.)

T0 0/. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. TnuPLE, a citizen of Holland, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful IceOreeper, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the construction of a self-adjustable ice-creeper, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as applied to the heel of a boot or shoe. Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 7 are perspective views of detached parts below described in their proper order; Fig. 3, a perspective view ot'the device, looking on the side upon which the foot rests; Fig. 6, a top view of the same side with the cover-plate removed, and Fig. 8 is a crosssection of Fig. 3 near the letter F.

The creeper frame or body is composed of parts B D. The latter is provided with a tongue, 0, adapted to play in the recess r of the former. The tongue 0 has a lug, 6, formed on the side of the free end. A spring, 1;, is located in the recess 1- of part B, between its lower wall and the tongue 0, Figs. 6 and 8. One end of this spring engages the lug e of the tongue 0, and the other end engages the end wall of the recess 1'. The parts B D are provided with clamping-arms a a, adapted to press against the edges of the sole of the footwear, Fig. 1. These arms a a may be provided with sharpened lugs t t, to assistt-he spring 1- in holding the device on the sole or heel of the foot-wear. These lugs may be made blunt, or the arms may be made with no lugs at all, as may be deemed necessary, according to the degree of the convexity of the sole or heel at the edge. The recess r is provided with a covering-plate, F. This cover is longitudinally channeled to receive the tongue 0 in a manner to freely play therein.

A hole may be made through the part D, Figs. 1 and 4, in which a hook may be inserted in applying and removing the creeper.

This device may be used on the sole or heel of the boot or shoe, or on a rubber, as desired. The ice-spurs S S project downward from the parts B D, and may be of any desired form, length, and number.

In operating the device the arms a a of the part B are caught over the edge of the sole and the part D drawn out, contracting the spring until the arms a a of the part D will catch over the other edge of the sole, Fig. 1. The elasticity of the spring 1) causes it to expand and clamp the arms a a against the edges of the sole and hold them firmly in said position.

In another pending application, Serial No. 119,575, appear certain improvements which I have made upon the device herein described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is' 1. An ice-creeper consisting of the two body parts, provided with clamping-arms and icespurs, one of said parts provided with a springrecess and a spring, and the other part proi vided with a tongue adapted to operate said spring, and means for retaining the tongue and spring in their recess, all substantially as set forth.

2. An ice-creeper consisting of the two body parts, provided with clamping-arms and icespurs, one of said parts provided with a springrccess and springlocated therein, the other part' provided with a tongue having the end lug for engagement with the spring, and a cover to said spring-recess, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. TEMPLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. Onnsn, J. S. DUER. 

